A defiant former president , donald, trump off the Campaign Trail in pennsylvania. Just a few hours, last night in iowa, at this, as he tells one interview, or even prison would not stop his campaign. If if Going Forward right you get these indictments there ends up, youve got a jury in d. C. , you get convicted and sentenced. Does that stop your campaign for president . If you are sentenced . Not at all. There is nothing in the constitution to say that it could and not at all. The former president s remarks coming as he faces mounting legal troubles from special counsel, jack smith, new charges in the classified documents case and a looming Potential Indictment for Election Interference. We will have all the latest developments in just a moment. Also this, our controversial new comments from Supreme Court justice, samuel alito, who says theres Nothing Congress can do to regulate ethics on the high court in the wake of highprofile scandals involving most prominently, himself. New infor
well, it is the top of the hour at cnn newsroom. 15 days now until election day and candidates are out battling for every ballot. in the florida governor s race, democrat charlie crist hopes tonight s debate will help shift the momentum as he tries to unseat ron desantis. in pennsylvania, there s a debate tomorrow in the much tighter senate race there. polls show the democrat john fetterman has a small lead over his republican rival, mehmet oz. nearly 7.3 million americans have already cast a ballot in 39 states with the early vote turnout in the battleground, georgia breaking records. cnn has just released new poll averages showing just how tight the race for senate is in critical swing states of pennsylvania and wisconsin. president biden just made another pitch to voters coming up on november 8th. that s the midterm election day. he just spoke at democratic party headquarters in d.c. to make his closing argument. cnn s senior white house correspondent phil mattin
Cnn moments ago, the parents of the oxford, Michigan School shooter were sentenced to ten to 15 years in prison each. James and Jennifer Crumbley were both found guilty of four counts of Involuntary Manslaughter through their teenage son murdered four of his classmates back in 2021. And this is really a Landmark Case with the crumbleys being the first parents convicted and sentenced for a Mass School Shooting been committed by their child. Today, we heard emotional impact statements from the families of the victims, the crumbleys also addressing the court cnns jean casarez far as is joining us now for this gene, really emotional testimony from the Family Members of those victims today and this is the first time in this country ever that we have not only had charges and a conviction of homicide against the parents of a School Shooter. But now a sentencing for the parents of a School Shooter who didnt not pulled the trigger of a gun. Prosecution argued today before the judge for sentenci
colleague katy tur will interview the attorney for hunter biden, abbe lowell about the new indictment against the president s son. katy tur reports starts right now good to be with you. i m katy tur. would he be facing criminal charges if he were not the president s son? hunter biden s lawyers argue their client is only being federally indicted because his last name is biden. and because the now special counsel appointed to investigate him faced enormous pressure from republicans to help them make hunter biden a campaign issue. after all, his team argues, prosecutor david weiss looked into hunter biden for five years, and only decided to indict now after the plea deal fell apart. we ll get to the bottom of how much those arguments hold water in a moment with chuck rosenberg, but first, we will exclusively speak with hunter biden s attorney, abbe lowell. let s lay out what david weiss says he found. there are nine counts in the 56 page indictment, including three felony
hunter biden facing felony charges. the president s son is accused of a scheme to avoid paying at least one point $14 million in taxes. we will break down the latest indictment and how he is responding to it. and we are following the sentencing hearing for the michigan high school shooter. dozens of heartbreaking victim impact statements being read in court, detailing the survivors and their families have been through. and amid threats from donors to pull money, emergency meetings among top officials at now growing calls from lawmakers to resign. the president is not budging, at least so far. we followed these major developing stories and more all coming in here to cnn news central. we begin with president biden s son, hunter, indicted again, and this time he is facing the most serious allegations yet, three felony charges he tax abrasion and fraud. among the nine charges that accuse him of avoiding more than 1 million dollars in taxes. president biden